Flaming Lips; The Charlottesville Pavilion; Thursday, April 15
If you were at the Flaming Lips concert at the Charlottesville Pavilion in 2006, Thursday night’s show might have felt like a time warp.
Oil's well that ends well for McDonnell?
At some point, Bob McDonnell’s high-wire balancing act is going to come to an end.
Highlights from the Collection: From Rodin to Warhol; The UVA Art Museum; Through July 11
The University of Virginia Art Museum is getting ready to expand its gallery space in the Bayly Building, with a capital campaign that defies my understanding of current economic conditions. As a preview, perhaps, of all the things they’ll be able to show after expanding, their current exhibition, “Highlights from the Collection” crams a kaleidoscopic […]
"Graveyard of Empires: Obama's Afghanistan"; Virginia Quarterly Review; Spring 2010
One of Barack Obama’s most attractive campaign promises was that he would shift America’s military focus from Iraq (the unjust war) to Afghanistan (a war of retaliation, at least). More than a year into his presidency, it’s beginning to look like the shift—crystallized in December when he announced a troop surge and withdrawal deadline—might have […]
The Haven battles rising homelessness
On January 26, members of the Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless (TJACH) spent the day counting beds in local homeless shelters, noting how many were occupied. After that, they moved on to lines at local soup kitchens, groups in day shelters and public parks. By the time they finished, they had counted 219 […]
92-unit Bailey House up for public auction
It’s a sign of the times when Nicolas Cage’s Bel-Air, Tudor-style mansion is auctioned off and finds no interested bidders.
Censorship in Virginia prisons…and 9 other crimes against the First Amendment
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." For past coverage […]
Boar'd Stiff
Dear Ace: Is there was any connection between Charlottesville’s Boar’s Head Inn and the Boar’s Head Brand of delicatessen meats and cheeses? And if not, just what is it about the head of a boar that makes me feel so danged refined?—Glazed-and-Confused-in-Charlottesville To answer your first question: Nope. And even less so now, since Boar’s […]
Could Brightman's "personal" reason for leaving UVIMCO be an affair with his assistant?
When former UVIMCO CEO Chris Brightman unexpectedly announced his resignation, confirmed in a March 18 report by Pensions & Investments magazine
UVA changes JPJ door policy after Morgan
The John Paul Jones Arena, an entertainment venue owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, deals with questions concerning revenue, ticket sales during an economic downturn, and whether Lady Gaga could fill its seats to capacity if she brought her act to Charlottesville. Now, arena staff may be acknowledging that public safety is an even higher […]